Views to north, showing helipad and northern Whites, and southeast, showing the Eureka Valley Dunes in the distance (about 50 miles), on a clear but extremely windy day (up to 70 mph)
A geology field trip stops at Crater on the road from Eureka Valley to Death Valley. Identifiable people include John Mawby DS53 (instructor) - far right; Andy Fairchild DS67 second from right; Mike Huston DS68 in rear - looking left in front of…
Jan Vleck DS69 (working on bike) loads or unloads his road bike from the family VW van, mom Nancy, dad Joe (back to camera), and Mike Quinn DS70, left, and Paul Patterson DS70, right, look on, unknown student at lower left
The Tonto Trail stays on the Tonto Plateau, above the Inner Gorge, and in places opens up to surprisingly wide views, considering it is most of the way down into the Grand Canyon